To protect and conserve our water sources, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the officials of Colegio dela Inmaculada Concepcion (CIC) Cebu and Camp 4, Talisay City barangay officials for a five-year partnership for the rehabilitation of the watershed in Mananga.

In the tri-partite agreement, MCWD will provide the technical assistance and planting materials, CIC Cebu will provide the financial support while Barangay Camp 4 will adopt about a hectare for the reforestation of riparian zones, road strips and vulnerable patches of land in the Mananga Watershed.

The partnership was achieved through the efforts of Environment Division in line with MCWD’s environmental advocacy on Adopt-A-Tree and Adopt-A-Hectare program. The agreement was signed on July 21, 2017 at the CIC Cebu campus.